Beijing takes dog off the menu for Olympics


	Beijing takes dog off the menu for Olympics

Kelika

7-11-2008 12:35 PM

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7-11-2008 1:24 PM

wiganfootie

put me off my dinner,

7-11-2008 3:30 PM

bignosemousie

Concerned that canine dishes might offend animal rights groups

Wouldn't any animal dishes offend animal rights groups?

7-11-2008 10:48 PM

aklimento

Sorry, but I cannot help myself to respect such dining customs...

Path to cannibalism. Our little fury friends.

7-12-2008 7:06 AM

abailart

Yes, and don't forget that in the west some people eat poor little baby squirrels.

7-12-2008 7:20 AM

skwirlinator

WHAT!

7-12-2008 7:20 AM

skwirlinator

LOL, squirrels are good eatin

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                        BEIJING (Reuters) - 
<SPAN id="lw_1215752336_0" class="yshortcuts">Beijing</SPAN> has asked hotels and 
restaurants in the city to take dog meat off the menu for the 
duration of next month's <SPAN id="lw_1215752336_1" class="yshortcuts">Olympics</SPAN> and September's Paralympics.                        
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 Dog is eaten not only by the large Korean community in 
China's capital but is also popular in Yunnan and Guizhou 
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 A directive from the Beijing Food Safety Office issued last 
month ordered Olympic contractor hotels not to provide any 
dishes made with dog meat and said any canine material used in 
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 Concerned that canine dishes might offend animal rights 
groups and Western visitors, Beijing said restaurants expected 
to be popular among foreign visitors must stop serving dog meat 
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